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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.
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Visually faithful but lacking the depth and subversive twists that made the original so memorable, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake lives up to its title in the worst possible way.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online 09/11/2017
D+
It's cliched, boring, and anticlimactic. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2011
B-
I did jump a few times, and I liked Haley's dour malevolence, but overall, the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream. Go to Full Review
Christine Champ Film.com 05/06/2011
B
Freddy's back -- and he's slicker and more sinister than ever. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 4
1/4
It isn’t just Elm Street that’s affected; you’ll find a nightmare on any street housing a couch potato with the misfortune to be watching this. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine Oct 6
5/10
As the final word on Elm Street, this is strangely leaden stuff. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 11
2/5
Like countless other reboots, this leans into all of the wrong things people liked about this franchise. Go to Full Review
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Charles T @CharlesGaming1000 21h Welp, this was a shitty remake See more diogo13 T @Tua_mera 2d Não foi tão assustador quanto eu imaginava. See more John K @WQCMI May 14 This should never have been made. It was boring, unmemorable and Jackie Earle Haley looks terrible as Freddy Kruger. Plus I don't like the CGI in this. See more Euler N @RT67114604 Apr 26 Why is Freddy so serious? The producers must have absolutely loved this picture—it's the safest, most by-the-numbers version imaginable: a "badass" villain, attractive women, an all-white cast, a paint-by-numbers script, and near-nudity that carefully avoids showing anything. The original films weren’t masterpieces, so we can’t expect much—but at least they had some personality. This one mostly coasts on nostalgia, and even that wears thin halfway through. See more Gage A. @RT15462219 Apr 24 I wasnt a big fan of this film, but I love freddys new design could be better to make freddy scarier See more Chris P @Xiao_Proxies Apr 13 The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street isn't quite the disaster many claim it to be. Taken as a standalone horror movie, it works reasonably well: it has a darker modern look, a few decent scares, and maintains a steady pace that makes it watchable from start to finish. That said, as a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 masterpiece, it falls far short. Freddy lacks the sinister charisma that made him iconic, the dream sequences feel generic, and the film struggles to recreate the surreal terror of the original. Instead, it ends up as another conventional slasher with a familiar name attached. It's not terrible as a basic horror film, but a weak and disappointing remake when compared to the original classic. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.
Director
Samuel Bayer
Producer
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenwriter
Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Platinum Dunes
Rating
R (Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 30, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$63.1M
Runtime
1h 36m